"Islamic extremists are exploiting the Iraqi conflict to recruit new anti-U.S. jihadists," CIA Director Porter J. Goss told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

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Informant: Charles Bremer

Illinois' wounded veterans will have to wait several months before learning why they've received among the lowest disability pay in the country for the past seven decades. "We don't know how long it's going to take, and that really is the truth," said Veterans Affairs Deputy Inspector General Jon Wooditch. "Before the full report is on the street, it would probably be months." Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) called the delay "troubling and disappointing."

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The Veterans Affairs Department needs at least $4 billion more than President Bush has allotted or else veterans' health care and disability claims will suffer, Sen. Barack Obama warned Monday.

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Congressional investigators are questioning whether the Veterans Affairs Department can adequately help troops who may return from Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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